Daily Archives: July 26, 2018

(CNN) — Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones has acknowledged that US President Donald Trump’s comments on the ongoing NFL anthem debate is proving damaging to the league. “His interest in what we’re doing is problematic from my chair, and I would say in general the owners’ chair,” Jones said at a press conference on Wednesday to mark the start of ...

Claressa Shields has a message for detractors, and naturally it packs a punch.
“I know many people don’t understand my tenacity, my mean streak, my anger. But it’s not for you to understand,” the two-time Olympic gold medalist from Flint writes in an impassioned open letter. “Accept me as I am. Accept me as I change and ...

(CNN) — President Donald Trump’s star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame was destroyed by a man with a pickax early Wednesday, according to Los Angeles police Officer Ray Brown. Hollywood division officers responded to a call at 3:33 a.m. (6:33 a.m. ET) to the tourist area. **Embargo: Los Angeles, CA**Donald Trump’s star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame was ...

Bernie Sanders
Sen. Bernie Sanders gives Democrat Abdul El-Sayed a wholehearted endorsment for governor of Michigan in the Aug. 7 primary.
“Under Abdul’s leadership, Michigan can help lead the nation in guaranteeing health care for all through a Medicare for All single-payer type system; tuition-free public colleges and universities; a minimum wage of $15 per hour; ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Burch Smith is back in the win column after a long time. Smith picked up his first win in nearly five years, Mike Moustakas and Salvador Perez homered, and the Kansas City Royals beat the Detroit Tigers 5-4 on Tuesday night. Smith (1-1) gave up just one hit — a single by Niko Goodrum to ...

MUSKEGON (AP) — A western Michigan man has been found guilty of second-degree murder in the slaying of another man whose dismembered body was found in a national forest by duck hunters. A judge in Muskegon announced the verdict Wednesday for 29-year-old Anthony Blamer of Fremont following a bench trial last week. Blamer testified that he shot 24-year-old D’Anthony Keenan ...

It’s the same old song
As The Times gets it wrong
We’d normally just shake our heads over New York Times readers’ howls about a Los Angeles travel story misfire. But when complaints resemble past shots at some of the paper’s Detroit features, you deserve a look.
Plus, the “Finding Yourself in Los Angeles” writer ...

By Dan Reardon The RBC Canadian Open trails the Open Championship in Scotland by a week and precedes the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational and the PGA Championship, the season’s last major, in two of the next three weeks. So even 100+ years of tournament history can’t necessarily compete with a player’s desire to be rested and on form for the most significant ...

MARQUETTE TOWNSHIP (AP) — Authorities say they rescued dozens of people from a small island off of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula after weather kicked up waves in Lake Superior. The Marquette County sheriff’s office says deputies responded Tuesday night to a call that several hikers were stranded on Little Presque Isle. WLUC-TV reports they spotted a large number of people on ...

The writer was a 52nd District Court judge in Novi and assistant state attorney general. He’s chief financial officer of the Justice Speakers Institute and a Deadline Detroit contributor.
By Brian MacKenzie
Since gerrymandering benefits political insiders, as I pointed out in a recent column, it should come as no surprise that Citizen’s Protecting Michigan’s Constitution (CPMC) challenged ...